July 13, 1901. 
THE GARDENING WORLD. 
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“ Gardening is the prrest of human pleasures, and the greatest 
refreshment to the spirit of man "—Bacon. 
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NEXT WEEK'S ENGAGEMENTS. 
Tuesday, July i6tb.—Royal Horticultural Societv’s Com¬ 
mittees meet at Chiswick, and Conference on Lilies at 
Chiswick 2 days). 
Wednesday July 17th.—National Rose Society, at Ulverston 
(North Lonsdale Rose Show) ; Cardiff and County 
Horticultural Show (2 days). 
Thursday, July i8th. — Hoddesdon Exhibition; Royal 
Botanical Society Meeting ; Halifax Rose Show. 
Friday, July igth.—National Carnation and Picotee Society at 
the Crystal Palace. 
f OME POINTS OF THE NATIONAL ROSE 
Show.— Success has crowned the in¬ 
novation of the National Rose Society in 
taking its metropolitan show into such a 
central position as the Inner Temple 
Gardens on the Thames Embankment. 
The day was dry throughout, and with the 
exception of being rather too warm at times 
in the tents, was an ideal one for a Rose 
show as it encouraged the attendance of 
visitors, who came in large numbers through¬ 
out the day, considering that this has been 
the first show of its kind held in the Temple 
Gardens. About half-past eleven her 
Majesty Queen Alexandra gave the example 
by attending the show, and deliberately in¬ 
specting every section of the same. She is 
evidently an admirer of Roses, and on 
entering the tents was presented with a 
handsome bouquet, consisting of Her 
Majesty and Queen Alexandra Roses, the 
latter being new, and the whole design very 
appropriate. She was escorted round the 
tents by the president, the Very Rev. the 
Dean of Rochester, D.D., V.M.H., by 
Captain Holford and several ladies. Both 
the honorary secretaries, the Rev. H. Hony- 
wood D. Ombrain, V.M.H., and Edward 
Mawley, Esq., were present and actively 
engaged in their duties, though the former 
had to be taken round the tents in a bath 
chair. As soon as the gates opened to the 
public, the show lost its private character 
by the thronging of the tents, and the 
ancient war of the Roses was renewed 
under the more peaceful aegis of modern 
times. The legend of the red and white 
Roses, the badges of the houses of York and 
Lancaster, is reputed to have had its origin 
in the Temple Gardens, which would seem 
to have been more notable for the cultiva¬ 
tion of the Rose in those far off times than 
they are at present. The Earls of Somer¬ 
set, Suffolk and Warwick, Richard Plan- 
tagenet, Vernon and another lawyer are 
reputed to have had an animated discussion 
amounting to a brawl, whereupon Planta- 
genet plucked a white Rose and Somerset 
a red one ; and Shakespeare makes War¬ 
wick prophesy in this fashion— 
This brawl to-day, 
Grown to this faction, in the Temple Garden, 
Shall send between the red Rose and the white, 
A thousand souls to death and deadly night. 
Last week’s strife drew a much greater 
number of litigants together, and the Roses, 
we opine, were never more diversified ?t 
any previous time in the history of the 
gardens, and though the discussion was 
sufficiently animated, many times during 
the course of the day, yet there was no 
brawl, nor any party strife. The relative 
merits of the Roses were a source of 
continual discussion throughout the day by 
a vast number of visitors and others talcing 
an intelligent interest in Roses. 
Three large and roomy tents enabled the 
throng to closely inspect the Roses, and 
from what we could see and hear the bulk 
ofthe assemblage were more or less intense 
admirers of the Rose, and having nothing 
but the music of a band to distract their 
attention, we calculate that all had ample 
opportunity to examine a unique display of 
Roses, according to their inclination or 
taste. While connoisseurs agreed that the 
exhibition as a whole was a very fine one, 
there were several features and many Roses 
that call for special comment. The premier 
blooms were the objects of frequent atten¬ 
tion. Mrs. John Laing and Her Majesty 
claimed this honour amongst hybrid perpe- 
tuals, and though neither is new, both were 
grandly shown and in quantity. The best 
Tea in the nurserymen’s section was Souv. 
d’Elise Vardon ; and in the amateurs’ 
section White Maman Cochet, the latter 
being a splendid bloom but had lost its 
character towards the close, the heat of the 
day flattening it out. Mildred Grant, a 
new hybrid Tea, secured the premier honour 
for its class amongst the exhibits of nursery¬ 
men ; while Bessie Brown, another Rose of 
large size for this section, was the best in 
the amateurs’ division. Both of these 
hybrid Tea Roses are of massive propor¬ 
tions and tend to out-distance their relatives 
in the matter of size. We should like to 
see some highly coloured varieties in this 
class so as to contrast with the many pale 
ones now seen on the show boards. Bessie 
Brown is a pointed, globular Rose of a 
creamy white, and Mildred Grant is flesh- 
coloured, especially in the centre, but other¬ 
wise similar. Florence Pemberton is flesh- 
coloured, tinted with cream, and was in 
good form, though rare in the show. It 
belongs to the same class. Other hybrid 
Tea Roses worthy of note were La France, 
Caroline Testout, Mrs. W. J. Grant, Lady 
Mary Fitzwilliam, Marquise Litta (carmine- 
rose) and Kaiserin Augusta Victoria, most 
of them being well and frequently shown. 
Marquise Litta is the darkest of its class. 
Tea Roses were plentiful and good. In 
many cases they might have been described 
as small and in a few instances paler than 
usual, but that might have been due to the 
recent drought. We have on previous 
occasions noticed much damage to the outer 
petals owing to the influence ofthe weather, 
but on this occasion there was little or no 
evidence of it. Besides the premier Teas 
above mentioned there were many grand 
blooms of Mrs. Edward Mawley, a globular 
bloom, with a high centre, and of a beauti¬ 
ful carmine-pink. An unusually large and 
handsome bloom occurred in the stand that 
gained the Silver Cup presented by Captain 
Ramsay. Though rather too far expanded 
by afternoon it was nevertheless a grand 
bloom. Many visitors noted the prevalence 
and conspicuous character of Catherine 
Mermet and its sports, as they are mostly 
always of very frequent occurence in small 
as well as large exhibits. They are globular 
and pointed Roses with a beautiful centre. 
That just named is rosy-flesh. Bridesmaid 
is a deeper coloured sport; while Muriel 
Grahame is cream, and The Bride, lemon- 
white, the three sports and their parent 
making a choice and handsome quartette. 
Comtesse de Nadaillac was plentiful but 
not so highly coloured as we have seen it. 
Niphetos was not particularly plentiful. 
On the other hand Maman Cochet was 
abundant and attracted a great amount of 
attention and admiration, much more indeed 
than its sport White Maman Cochet, which 
only the connoisseurs seem to appreciate. 
It is white tinted with lemon, and the outer 
petals a little blushed. On the whole, how¬ 
ever, these long pointed Roses seem to be 
attracting more attention than older, globu¬ 
lar, and rather smaller flowers su:h as 
Souvenir d’Un Ami, Souv. de S. A. Prince, 
Innocente Pirola, and Madame Cusin, 
though it must be admitted all of these were 
frequent on the stands. In our opinion 
Madame Cusin was admirably coloured and 
beautiful, as was Marie Van Houtte. 
Amongst Noisettes Caroline Kuster and 
Marechal Niel were frequently shown 
The hybrid perpetuals call for no special 
attention though there were handsome 
blooms of Horace Vernet, Sir Rowland Hill, 
Ulster, Gustave Piganeau, Marchioness of 
Londonderry, Helen Keller, A. K. Williams, 
Dupuy Jamain, Charles Lefebvre, Comte de 
Raimbaud, Duchess de Morny, Etienne 
Levet, DukeofEdinburgh, Marie Baumann, 
Ulrich Brunner, Suzanne Marie Rodocan- 
achi, and various others. Of some of 
them, the blooms were good, but not 
particularly plentiful. 
Sweet Briers usually now spoken of as 
the Penzance Briers are well represented 
at modern shows, but particularly those of 
the National Rose Society. For beauty 
and distinctness we do not consider that 
Anne of Gierstein and Lady Penzance 
have yet been superseded. Amy Robsart 
and MegMerriliesmay be considered as good 
rivals to the former, but Amy Robsart, 
when grown strong, has a tendency to pro¬ 
duce a few small, ragged petals in the 
centre, which spoils the symmetry. Lady 
Bertram, and Brenda (pale pink with a 
white centre) are also good Briers. The 
last named is one of the prettiest of the pale 
varieties ; and though Minna was shown as 
a pure white one we da not regard it as a 
Sweet Brier at all. It has evidently no 
botanical connection with Rosa rubiginosa, 
but is more in keeping with a white variety 
of the Dog Rose. These Briers belong to 
the great class of garden Roses which were 
indeed one of the most glorious features of 
the show, a fact that was admitted by every 
one who has any sympathy whatever with 
this section of the great Rose family. From 
a very small section they have annually 
grown in importance that their omission 
from the schedule would constitute a serious 
loss to the show, though only two classes 
were set apart for them in the nurserymen’s 
section, two in the open section and 
four in the amateurs’ section, or eight 
in all exclusive of the floral decora¬ 
tions, which might be furnished with 
buds of Roses that ordinarily come into the 
Tea and Noisette class. Handsome single 
Roses of other types included grand bunches 
of Carmine Pillar, Himalaica, Paul’s Single 
White, Rosa multiflora (otherwise poly- 
antha simplex) R. Andersoni, R. macrantha, 
and Paul’s Single White, a beautifully cup¬ 
shaped Rose. Many of the above were as 
good at the end of the day as any of the 
doubles. Amongst the climbing polyantha 
types we must not overlook Crimson Ramb¬ 
ler and the new Queen Alexandra, which 
may be considered as a rosy-pink, florifer- 
ous and beautiful variety of the former, 
Which was, indeed, one of its parents. It is- 
a most floriferous and lovely Rose of which 
we shall presently see plenty in the 
garden. 
-' — 
A Promising Refrigerating Machine.—The Royal 
Agricultural Society of England has awarded a 
special prize to Messrs. J. & E. Hall, Ltd., of Dart- 
ford, for a small refrigerating machine suitable for 
dairies, and for the storage of perishable farm pro¬ 
duce generally. It is interesting to note that 
farmers are beginning to realise the importance of 
refrigeration as a means of enabling them to preserve 
home grown produce, so that enhanced prices may 
be obtained during the winter months. 
